Strait of Hormuz: Iran rejects U.S. warning

7 years ago

Number two of the Revolutionary Guards, the military elite of the Islamic regime of Iran, General Hassan Salami, Thursday rejected the warning of the United States of closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly 40% of world seaborne oil trade.

“When the vital interests of Iran is threatened, we respond to the threat by the threat and we do not hesitate to implement our strategy of defense (us) to defend. We will act with more determination than ever,” General Salami said in response to a question about the possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Fars news agency reported.